Christoph Rothmann's Discourse on the comet of 1585 : : an edition and translation with accompanying essays / / by Miguel A. Granada, Adam Mosley, Nicholas Jardine.
Christoph Rothmann wrote a treatise on the comet of 1585 shortly after it disappeared. Though it was not printed until 1619, Rothman sent a copy of his treatise in 1586 to Tycho Brahe, decisively influencing the latter's rejection of solid celestial spheres two years later. In his treatise, Rot...
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| Superior document: | History of Science and Medicine Library. Medieval and Early Modern Science, Volume 44 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014. ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of science and medicine library. Medieval and early modern science ;
Volume 44. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Introduction / Miguel A. Granada
- Dialexis Cometae qui Anno Christi M.D.LXXXV mensibus Octobri et Novembri apparuit
- Appendices: Related Texts and Translations
- How to Present a Copernican Comet: The Form and Tactics of Christoph Rothmann’s Dialexis on the Comet of 1585 / Nicholas Jardine
- The History and Historiography of Early Modern Comets / Adam Mosley
- A Brief Note on Cometary Parallax / Adam Mosley
- Bibliography
- Indexes.